
The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window : Volume 1
by Raymond Chandler
Title:
The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window : Volume 1
Author:
Raymond Chandler
Series (if any):
Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
696 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781857152555
EAN:
9781857152555
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
830
Dimensions (mm):
214 x 140 x 37
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Raymond Chandler's first three novels, published here in one volume, established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hard-boiled detective fiction. The Big Sleep, Chandler's first novel, introduces Philip Marlowe, a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s, as he takes on a case involving a paralysed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail and murder. In Farewell, My Lovely, Marlowe deals with the gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women. In The High Window, Marlowe searches the California underworld for a priceless gold coin and finds himself deep in the tangled affairs of a dead coin collector. In all three novels, Chandler's hard-edged prose, colourful characters, vivid vernacular, and, above all, his enigmatic loner of a hero, establish his enduring claim to the heights of his chosen genre.






























